1940 Swan by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Swan on 21 December 1940. This was triggered by the death of Country Party MP Henry Gregory.
The by-election was won by Country Party candidate Thomas Marwick, who had been a member of the Senate from 1936 to 1937.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Dinan | 16,729 | 37.4 | +9.2 | |
Country | Thomas Marwick | 12,354 | 27.6 | -1.6 | |
Country | Percy Ferguson | 10,628 | 23.8 | +23.8 | |
Independent | Claude Barker | 4,980 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Total formal votes | 44,691 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 701 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 45,392 | 84.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Thomas Marwick | 23,537 | 52.3 | -5.2 | |
Labor | Jim Dinan | 21,154 | 47.3 | +5.2 | |
Country hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
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